More than a friend, more than a assistant

As Twilight made her way home, she blushed and smiled as she accepted her realization of her love for Spike. No longer was he a brother, a friend, or assistant; he was now a potential lover, the man who would make her happy and who really understood her. "I've only ever dreamed to meet such a guy and yet...he was beside me all along. Spike...my Spike...hehe, I can't stop smiling!" She wiped a few tears of joy from her face as she got closer to the library, "Okay, now I need to focus on how I'm even going to ask Spike. He probably wouldn't expect me to say anything like 'I love you' or 'Go out with me'. I need to find or make the mood right for me to say something like that. I know I have a few relationship books that cover similar matters so I'll just use those-"

"Those books are too old fashioned and boring, you need new editions or a real personal life to ask a guy out." Twilight turned around to see Spike at the door of the library, chuckling a bit. "You have been blabbing out here for a while Twilight, get in here if you are going to get in."

Her face burned red from embarassment, "What!? How long were you..?! What did you hear?!?" She paniced and Spike tried to calm her down.

"Hey, hey. Easy girl, I just heard you were going to get some books to ask someone out. I still think that you need a personal life first before you go and ask who ever out." He chuckled and Twilight sighed in relief, she walked inside and Spike closed the door behind them. "So who are you even trying to ask out, a book? Can't say I've seen you interested in anyone who wasn't a book before so I'm a bit curious at whom this mystery gentleman is."

Twilight shook her head violently, "No way! I'm not ready to say his name or ask him yet...I'm too embarassed..." She looked at him and saw he was smiling and looking at her curiously "Hey Spike...d-do you think you can help me with...with, you know...asking a guy out?"

Spike was about to chuckle but saw she was being sincere so he nodded "Sure Twilight but under one condition, I get to meet the guy you'll be asking out first, I need to look after you and all."

She smiled and blushed "Oh believe me Spike, you most certainly will."

"Alrighty then, let's get down to business. How do you want it to sound? Seductive? Cute? Deep? Tell me how you wish to sound and I'll figure something out."

She began to feel weird, he obviously didn't know she was trying to ask him out but she went along with it since she really didn't like the idea of just going for it on her own. "Well...I want it to be...deep. Cute is nice and I'm not exactly the um..seductive type."

Spike chuckled and nodded, "Well, you can pull of the cute one with that adorable blush and seductive would be possible...just like earlier-" He stopped himself and blushed, "N-nevermind. Okay, deep...give me some facts about him."

"He's been around my life for a while, he helps me alot and I can't really see my life without him there with me...he has changed but I think it was for the better and now that he has changed, I really want to be with him for it's now that I realize how I have truly felt for him all this time I just...I just didn't process it till now..." she looked into his eyes as her cheeks burned red.

Spike smiled and nodded "He really does sound wonderful Twilight...if you really feel that way, he'd be crazy to reject you. I think that alone was great, just add 'This is how I feel and I want to know: Will you be my boyfriend?', at the end of it and there you go. One deep confession and all made by you."

Twilight felt herself become even more nervous, he practically gave her the confession she wanted but her body was now trying to shut down all functions inside her to prevent her from embarassing herself in front of him. "You've been around my life for a while, you helps me alot and I can't really see my life without y-you there with me...you have changed but I think it was for the better and now that you have changed, I really want to be with you for it's now that I realize how I have truly felt for you all this time I just didn't process it till now Spike...I love you and this is how I truly feel...please b-be my boyfriend?" Once she finally said it, she held her breath and looked at Spike as he looked at her confused.

"That sounded great! ...w-wait...Spike? Um...Twilight...what do you mean?" He blushed a bit and looked at her, he saw her and noticed she was being sincere and was looking right at him so there was no mistake in his mind that she just confessed to him. "I...I'm the guy you wanted to ask?! Twilight....I..." He was about to turn her down but he hesitated, in his mind he began to recall all the good times he has had with her, how he always tried to make her happy and didn't know why, how he stuck by her in the darkest of times, and how she made him happy. He blushed more and more as he thought about it. Wait...this feeling...I feel like...I feel like I actually like her.. No, this is wrong, she's my sister...but she's not. She never was...we've been together all this time and it wasn't that kind of bond I felt for her...I liked her...I wanted her to be happy around me because I loved seeing her smile and her complimenting me...I take care of her so she won't rely on anyone else....I love Twilight....

Twilight began to worry as Spike looked down, lost in thought "Spike...y-you don't need to answer right now...I just...I'm sorry for asking and making you feel disturbed, I'm sorry..." She turned around and was ready to teleport away when she felt a hand grab her arm.

Spike held her hand and smiled, he pulled her into a hug and snuggled her a bit "Twilight...I accept. I have felt the same for a while now but...I didn't know what it was for sure till now. I love you Twilight and I want to be your boyfriend."

Twilight grew a goofy smile and cried silently as she hugged Spike tightly "Th-thank you....thank you Spike..." She felt so much joy and broke the hug, she looked into his eyes and blushed. She leaned closer to him and began to kiss him softly on the lips, Spike seemed surprised at first but accepted her kiss and returned it to her.

He blushed and enjoyed her kiss, it felt genuine, it felt amazing, and it felt oddly familiar. They broke the kiss and Twilight backed away a bit, embarassed. "Th-that felt nice...I liked it..." She dawned on her that she never dated before nor really knew what two people dating normally do. "Spike...this is embarassing but, what exactly do we do from here?"

Spike smiled and scratched his head "Well, we go on dates, get to know each other better, do stuff together and later down the road, we see if we still like each other to move on to the next step. I think that's how it goes at least..." Twilight smiled and nodded as she hugged him once more.

"I'm trusting you to guide me there Spike...I love you" She buried her face into her chest and he smiled as she did, he gently stroked her hair.

As all this played out, the library door knocked loudly and both became startled "Huh? I'm not expecting anyone? Are you?" asked Spike.

Twilight shook her head no and he went to the door, when he opened it he saw the whole gang minus Rarity there along with the princesses. "Oh my gosh! Twispike is official!! The story just got good!" cried Pinkie Pie as she ran in and hugged both Spike and Twilight. The two looked puzzled at her and at the others.

"Twispike? Is this about us getting together because that just happened, there is no way you found out just now!?" said Spike but he kinda figured Pinkie Pie was just being Pinkie Pie.

"Silly fillies, the chapter title says 'Twispike begins' so I kinda figured you two were hooking up so I rounded everyone up for a 'Welcome to the dating life' party!!!" Pinkie Pie giggled and took out her party cannon, she blasted around the library as the two let the rest inside.

"Spike, I am surprised by this. I didn't think you would confess to Twilight but I'm happy to see my boy with such a great girl, congradulations sweeite," Celestia said as she hugged Spike, he smiled but began to think about what she said.

"Well howdy! Y'all finally done gone got together, I figured it was only a matter of time before y'all did. You may have been just acting like brother and sister but I could see you two getting together in the future, y'all are too close to just be siblings," said Applejack as she hugged Twilight. Twilight blushed and thanked her.

"I, um, kinda thought Spike would ask Rarity but it's nice to see you two getting together too..." said Fluttershy but Pinkie turned on the music as she spoke so Spike and Twilight couldn't hear her but Rainbow Dash did.

"I kinda thought so too...I also thought of taking his virginity but looks like that window is closed. Oh well, I can't wait to hear from Twilight how a dragon is in the sack, I bet the legends are true about them and she'll be walking funny for a week!" Rainbow Dash laughed as she was amused by her own comment, Fluttershy blushed heavily and Luna was close enough to hear her.

"Sister, why am I here? This is not a marriage proposal and my Shadow is waiting for me at home..." Luna said as she questioned why Celestia dragged her along.

"Oh shush Luna, young love is a wonderful thing to see, I remember when you and Shadow got together, you were practically wanting to shout from the roof tops." Celestia smiled as Luna blushed from the memory.

While everyone was partying in the library, the news of Twilight's new relationship was painful to one lone woman in a boutique. Rarity poured herself a sixth glass of wine as she sobbed, Pinkie Pie came by and told her the news and about the party but she declined to go due to "Too much work". Truth be told, work was slow this time of year and without it, she had time to mope around her home and store. "Spikey...you really are gone now...why? Why did you have to charm me and then leave me? Did I do something wrong? Did I offend you? Why Spikey?" She cried a bit more and drank her glass quickly. There were some letters on her counter that she didn't bother to read but now that she had time and was calming down a bit, she began to read them. She saw most were junk mail but one envelop looked personal, she read who the sender was, "Trenderhoof? He wrote to me? I wonder why..."